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Tune in to Legal Aid Matters to listen in as our hosts lead discussions around civil legal service in Chicago, the changes in local and national laws as it pertains to legal aid, and the stories of everyday people whose lives are improved and forever transformed by simple legal interventions.
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Wednesday May 08, 2019
Wednesday May 08, 2019
Naeem Nulwala from Legal Aid Chicago's Children and Family Practice Group joins Nubia to discuss the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority and how it applies to his clients.
Monday Apr 08, 2019
Monday Apr 08, 2019
VISTA Martin Martinez and Dan Lindsey from consumer chat with Nubia about the Bankruptcy Help Desk
Monday Mar 18, 2019
Monday Mar 18, 2019
Happy Women's History Month! Legal Aid Chicago's own Kathryn Socha shares her work on the women veterans project.
Monday Mar 11, 2019
Monday Mar 11, 2019
Episode 10 Attorney Myka Held from Children and Family Services chats with Nubia about Legal Aid Chicago's CLASP project.
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Michelle Weinberg of Legal Aid Chicago's consumer practice group chats about consumer law in Chicago and the work she does supporting and advocating for seniors.
Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
In this episode of Legal Aid Matters, Lisa Palumbo director of our Immigrants and Workers Rights Practice Group interviews our show's host Nubia Willman.
Tuesday Dec 11, 2018
Tuesday Dec 11, 2018
The Legal Aid Chicago (formerly LAF) Ombudsman project advocates for senior citizens living in assisted living and skilled nursing facilities. Listen as Nubia, Robert, and Suzanne discuss the challenges low-income seniors face when they require longterm care as well as strategies to prepare for your own family's needs.
Thursday Oct 11, 2018
Thursday Oct 11, 2018
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, this October Caitlin Cervenka of Legal Aid Chicago's Children and Families Practice Group joins Nubia in conversation for this episode. They discuss the strategies Caitlin and her colleagues employ to advocate for survivors of violence in child custody and divorce proceedings how low-income survivors experience violence differently than others and as always why legal aid matters to them.
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Regina Hernandez is a staff attorney with Legal Aid Chicago's (formerly LAF) volunteer services unit where she recruits and manages volunteers to stretch our services to as many clients as possible. She also runs our community legal clinics where several times a month we serve large numbers of people with free walk-in meetings with attorneys who advise on legal problems in the neighborhoods our clients call home. In their conversation, Nubia and Regina talk about the successes and challenges of the clinic model the great lengths Regina and her colleagues go to to ensure as many people as possible receive Legal Aid Chicago's help and how we can all work together to help close the justice gap.
Tuesday Sep 04, 2018
Tuesday Sep 04, 2018
In this episode, Nubia sits down with her colleague within Legal Aid Chicago's (Formerly LAF) Immigrants and Workers rights Practice Group, Jon Delozano, whose work focuses on removing legal barriers that prevent low-wage workers from getting or keeping a job. He and Nubia discuss the challenges of proving workplace discrimination and how the MeToo movement has affected his work on behalf of women who suffer sexual harassment in the workplace.